Washington Post Poll

[Loki Liesmith]

3. fear is pointless

That's out of our hands. Being afraid is a waste of time.

There are important considerations. Trump has two settings: high energy Trump and low energy Trump. Low energy trump is the one that doesn't say embarassing shit. He is also not very impressive and responds to questions with word salad. High energy Trump makes crazy mistakes and generally shoots himself in the foot.

We are not likely to see high energy Trump at the debate. His campaign will make sure of that. So it all comes around to beating low energy Trump. Point out the word salad. Contrast HRC detail to Trump hot air.

At worst that fights him to a draw. Trump is losing and he needs more than a draw.

Another consideration: this is the first opportunity since the convention where the public will have to see Clinton when she is not the target of a protracted and one sided smear campaign. The last time that happened her numbers got a huge bump.

This is a close race, but we are winning by every measure. The correct emotion is excitement for the opportunity to put this thing to bed.